So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Chuck Nessa]

disc 2

[scooter_phx]

[jazzcorner]

Bebopper George Wallington not often seen here. This is an excellent LP presented by Leonard Feather

Mode Records Mod LP # 127 [Japan] - Leonard Feather presents BOP - Music Of The Day with George Wallington - rec. 1957

[scooter_phx]

[Balladeer]

Mary Lou Williams - Asch Recordings
Disc 2

[ghost of miles]

[kh1958]

Ballake Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Emile Parisien, Vincent Peirani, Les Egares (No Format)

[BillF]

2 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

disc 2

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1 hour ago, jazzcorner said:

Bebopper George Wallington not often seen here. This is an excellent LP presented by Leonard Feather

Mode Records Mod LP # 127 [Japan] - Leonard Feather presents BOP - Music Of The Day with George Wallington - rec. 1957

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[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

In a big band frame of mind this afternoon.

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I've been really digging this album lately.  It's fun to hear Rich drive / flog the orchestra from the drum chair.

 

[jazzcorner]

13 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

In a big band frame of mind this afternoon.

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Earlier:

I've been really digging this album lately.  It's fun to hear Rich drive / flog the orchestra from the drum chair.

 

for both: 👍😁

2 hours ago, scooter_phx said:

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[JSngry]

9 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

I've been really digging this album lately.  It's fun to hear Rich drive / flog the orchestra from the drum chair.

 

It truly is. I still maintain that people who haven't heard/didn't get to hear a real live REAL Big Band have no idea of how much physical impact the sheer sound of it would make. It could pin you on your ass and not let you back up.

This was one of the first 25-50 jazz records I bought...well not really bought, got it as an introductory offer from Record Club of America (the others were Transition, Time/Peace, The Best of Cream, Blind Faith, and maybe Burnt Weenie Sandwich?)

As such, and this is a very trivial concern, the logo on that reissue "pisses me off" That's an early PJ logo. The OG cover very much reflected the corporate transitions that were going on (and were not yet finished:

"Pacific Jazz Series"!!!!

 

[Peter Friedman]

[John Tapscott]

Disc 1. I'd forgotten how well Miles plays on these early tracks. Really steals the show on these tracks IMHO. Walter Bishop Jr. sounds really good, too.  

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[jlhoots]

Mike Le Donne: Heavy Hitters

[BillF]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

In a big band frame of mind this afternoon.

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49 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

Mike Le Donne: Heavy Hitters

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1 hour ago, John Tapscott said:

 

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[HutchFan]

2 hours ago, JSngry said:

As such, and this is a very trivial concern, the logo on that reissue "pisses me off" That's an early PJ logo. The OG cover very much reflected the corporate transitions that were going on

That's interesting.  I have the CD release, and the cover has that Pacific Jazz logo in the upper-left corner.  So it's a bit of revisionist history on the part of Universal and/or producer Michael Cuscuna, eh?   

Liberty was in an acquisitive mood back then:  Blue Note and Solid State and Pacific Jazz.  I guess they were flush with cash.

 

 

NP:

Marlene VerPlanck Loves Johnny Mercer (Audiophile, 1978)

Edited March 12, 2023 by HutchFan

[Kevin Bresnahan]

On 3/11/2023 at 11:55 AM, mikeweil said:

from this box set:

I always thought this might make a good Mosaic set but only if they could find the masters and especially if there is any unissued material on them.

[JSngry]

42 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

That's interesting.  I have the CD release, and the cover has that Pacific Jazz logo in the upper-left corner.  So it's a bit of revisionist history on the part of Universal and/or producer Michael Cuscuna, eh?   

Liberty was in an acquisitive mood back then:  Blue Note and Solid State and Pacific Jazz.  I guess they were flush with cash. 

And I think they were already on the way to the Transamerica/UA world. That was a bit of a fluid time for all the labels in that family - and the label's labels! 

I mean, was this one World Pacific Jazz or Pacific Jazz? And whatever happened to plain old World Pacific?

[HutchFan]

27 minutes ago, JSngry said:

And whatever happened to plain old World Pacific?

It went "dodo bird"!  No more.  Gone!

 

[HutchFan]

 

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Now:

Milton Nascimento - Milton (A&M/Verve, 1976)

 

Earlier:

Instant Composers Pool (ICP) Tentet - Tetterettet (Instant Composers Pool/Corbett vs. Dempsey, 1977)

 

Edited March 13, 2023 by HutchFan

[mikeweil]

2 hours ago, bresna said:

I always thought this might make a good Mosaic set but only if they could find the masters and especially if there is any unissued material on them.

They say in the liner notes that the discographically known unissued material was nowhere to be  found and is considered lost.

Edited March 13, 2023 by mikeweil

[Larry Kart]

Ronnie Cuber's "In a New York Minute" (Steeplehase) 👍 Kenny Drew Jr. plays his ass off on this one. A sad loss he was.